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EARL WILLIAM FOSTER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1940 – January 17, 1966
Service recordEarl William Foster JR, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Rock Hill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 77
- LAWRENCE THEODORE HAMMONDLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- JOSEPH RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1966
- JOSEPH GEORGE SERCOVICHCorporal · January 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CUTSHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 76
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · Panel 4E, Line 78
From Rock Hill
- CARL E HARRISSergeant · November 15, 1965
- DAVID TUCKERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- LIBERT JAMES WELDON JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES ELVIN MCDOWELLStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- ANDREW SPRINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- CHARLES LEWIS MORGANLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- JESSE LEWIS ADAMSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GAROLD RAY SIMMERSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- VINCENT NORVELL BANKSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- JAMES ALVIN CARPENTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.